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MaxLinear (MXL) stock

Broadband chips , market cap $4.0B

Pre-market
$49.85
+1.36%

Close $49.18 +10.99%

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Why MXL is down

Down 28% in 3 months while the S&P 500 fell 5%.

  • Industrial and multi-market sales fell from $74.0M to $37.1M in fiscal 2025, 8% of the total, its 10-K says.

Sources: Price history, Nov 6, 2026; 10-K, sales by line, Jan 29, 2026

−1Insider trades Kishore Seendripu (Chairman, President and CEO) sold $1.6M on Aug 17, $50.4M in three months

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Quality Score
8
Average
In its industry
#14of 84
Checks firing
3of 14
Trending up
From 52-week high
-61.7%
under its best in a year

MXL's Quality Score fell 1 point on Mon, Nov 9, to 8.

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Key facts on MXL

Key facts on MXL
The companySales up 51% on the year
Latest filing8-K, Oct 22 Took on new debt and reported its quarterly results
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MXL in the news

Chip stocks rose together

Fri Nov 6: Group

“U.S. chip stocks rebound sharply after Thursday's brutal selloff”

MXL closed +11.0% that day.

Reported by Yahoo Finance · covered by 13 outlets

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What moves chips

Big Tech spending$201.9B+108%in the quarter, Jul to Sepon a year

What Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, and Meta together spent on buildings and equipment, data centers included, in their latest quarter, against a year earlier. Capital spending as each reports it, not a count of chips bought.

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MXL catalysts

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After its last 4 reports it closed +10.5% on average, higher 1 of 4 times.

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How MXL ranks in Semiconductors

MXL is #14 of 84 by Quality Score.

How MXL ranks in Semiconductors
RankStockQuality Score
14MaxLinear (MXL) logoMXLMaxLinear8

Net income over four quarters: MXL -$104M, CRDO $538M, POWI $25.1M, VIAV -$30.4M.

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When does MXL report earnings, and what happens after?

Expected to report Thu Jan 28, after the close (in 80 days).

What an earnings report is: every 3 months, a company tells everyone how much it sold and earned. We read the figures, the outlook, and how the stock moved after.

What MXL reported on Oct 22, 2026

The quarter

Sales of $218.1M, 72% more than a year ago; a profit of $0.30 a share, from a loss of $0.52.

The quarter that ended Sep 30, from the company's press release

The press releaseThe filing on EDGAR

Where the sales came from

MXL's results filing gives no sales by line in a table we read.

The outlook

No outlook figures read from this release.

The numbers

Market value
$4B
today
Sales
$569M
up 50.5% on the year
Free cash flow
$3.3M
last 12 months

Sales fell 0.5% a year over 5 years, fiscal 2020 to 2025.

Its share count grew 3.4% a year over 5 years.

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The whole report on MXL: every line of its sales, every outlook beside the one it replaced, and the company's words, for Pro members.

Close after the report, last 3

+76.1%-21.5%-2.8%
Apr 23Jul 23Oct 22
ReportedGapReaction5
days
Oct 22, 2026After close-1.7%-2.8%+9.7%
Jul 23, 2026After close-9.0%-21.5%-26.6%
Apr 23, 2026After close+57.7%+76.1%+106.6%

MXL closed higher after 1 of its last 4 reports.

All 4 reports, and MXL's Quality Score going into each

MXL sales and profit by year

Sales and profit by year

Sales grew in four of the last seven years, to $468M in 2025. It made a profit in two of the eight years.

MXL has 3 of 14 chart checks firing

Volume1 of 3 shown
Tight range1 of 3 shown
Buying1 of 3 shown
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MXL RSI on Nov 6: 34.0, below its 50-day and 200-day averages

Not scored

RSI 34.0, MACD below signal, below both averages. Not scored.

The deep dive on MXL

11 more findings on MXL, each with its source, for Pro members.

MXL insider trades

2 insiders sold $51.6M across 17 filings in the last 6 months. No open-⁠market buys on record. The newest:

SellKishore Seendripu$6.6MChairman, President and CEOat $84.84 on Aug 14, filed Aug 18

All 17 insider filings on MXL from the last six months, for Pro members.

All MXL insider trades

MXL trades by Congress and the executive branch

3 trades disclosed in the last six months. The newest:

SellDonald Trump$15K to $50KPresident (R)traded Jul 8, disclosed Sep 22(76 days later)
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MXL's officers and directors

Officers and directors with a Form 4 in the last 12 months.

One more officer or director files at MXL.

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Which ETFs hold MXL?

In ETFs: MXL is under 0.1% of FTEC, under 0.1% of VGT, and under 0.1% of VTI, the most of the 24 funds Breakaway covers, by each fund's latest filing, Jun 30 to Aug 31, 2026.

About MaxLinear

MaxLinear Inc is a provider of radio frequency and mixed-signal integrated circuits for cable and satellite broadband communications, the connected home, and for data center, metro, and long-haul fiber networks. The company's radio frequency receiver products capture and process digital and analog broadband signals to be decoded for various applications. Its product options include both radio frequency receivers and radio frequency receiver systems-on-chips. The company's products enable the distribution and display of broadband video and data content in a wide range of electronic devices.

786 employeesCarlsbad, CAmaxlinear.com

What MaxLinear says it competes with

“We compete with both established and development-stage semiconductor companies that design, manufacture and market analog and mixed-signal broadband RF receivers, high speed interconnects, high-performance interface, data and video compression and encryption, and power management products.”

From its annual report, SEC filing · Jan 29, 2026

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As of Nov 9, 2026: MXL's Quality Score is 8 (Average), #14 of 84 in Semiconductors. Insiders sold $51.6M in the last 6 months (Form 4).

What does MXL's Quality Score say?

MXL scores 8 today, which Breakaway calls Average. It is #14 of 84 in Semiconductors by Quality Score, with 3 of 14 chart checks firing. Down 28% in 3 months while the S&P 500 fell 5%. Breakaway does not say whether to buy any stock: the score does not know your situation, and it is not a recommendation to buy or sell anything. Please do your own research.

What is MXL's Quality Score?

MXL scores 8 today, which Breakaway calls Average (6 to 10). That is #14 of 84 in Semiconductors by Quality Score. The score adds up the chart checks, the trend, the company's filed sales, its profits, the news, insider trades, and Congress trades. The section above lists the lines behind MXL's 8.

Are insiders buying MXL?

2 insiders sold $51.6M across 17 filings in the last 6 months. No open-⁠market buys on record. The newest is Kishore Seendripu, Chairman, President and CEO, who sold $6.6M on Aug 14. Every filing, with the scored weight, for Pro members.

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